Toktar Aubakirov, born July 27, 1946 in Kazakhstan, is a cosmonaut and former Air Force pilot. He went into space aboard Soyuz TM-13 in October 1991 to Mir. He returned to Earth about a week later aboard Soyuz TM-12.
Since Kazakhstan wasn't entirely independent of Russia at the time of his flight, he is officially Kazakhstan's first cosmonaut. The official first Kazakhstani cosmonaut is Aidyn Aimbetov, born July 27, 1972 in Kazakhstan. He went aboard Soyuz TMA-18M to the International Space Station in September 2015. He remained aboard for almost 10 days and returned to Earth aboard Soyuz TMA-16M.
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